Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1912 — Page 4

mt urn covin demii 1.1 MBCKK.UnOBMBnBLIUEI. OFFICIAL democratic paper op JASPER COUNTY. Advertising rates made known on application. Long Distance Telephones Office Bj6. - Residence 311. Enii d as Second Class Matter June 8,190 b it the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Pirbusned Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1912.

MERCHANT ENDS HIS LIFE

Suicide of Owensville, Ind., Business Man Follows Fraud Disclosures. Princeton, Ind., Jan. 19. —Leslie Hunter, thirty-two years old, a business man and former school teacher, committed suicide by swallowing a quantity of strychnine at his home in Owensville. The suicide followed sensational disclosures brought to light recently in which Hunter is alleged to have forged the name of his brother-in-law, Harrv Pollard, a wealthy Montgomery township farmer, to notes for $2,500 and $1,200. He was arrested on i charges of forgery last Saturday and I relatives gave bond for his appearance in court here Jan. 25.

DIES IN CRASH OF CARS

Section Foreman Killed and Two Fatally Hurt in Trolley Wreck. Martinsville, Ind., Jan 19. h.ead-on collision on the interurban line four miles north of this city between a limited car from Indianapolis and a work train going north one person vss killed and a dozen injured, two rerhaps fatally. Tom Weddle on the work train, a section foreman, was. killed. The work train was attempting to make n siding a short distance away when P e limited crashed into it. Some of the injured were taken to Indianapolis while others were brought to this cir£. '

OFFERS SITE FOR PARK

Miss ’’argaret Hamilton May Cede Tract to Fort Wayne, Ind. Fo’t Wayne, Ind., Jan. 19. Miss Marvr et Hamilton, owner of threequarters of a block adjoining the high school building on Lewis street, has offered to deed the property to the city for ? nark and apt gallery. Thp offer hinges upon the purchase by the city of 100 feet for additional high rr> hool buildings, at a cost of $4-0,000 The Woman’s Club League is actively working to bring about the donation.

CROSSED WIRES KILL TWO

Two Others Injured When Fire Destroys Broom Factory. Xoe-ansport, Ind., Jan. 19.—Samuel Watkins, and Edith Schroeder were killed by electricity when wires became crossed, and their bodies were burned almost beyond recognition at Watkins’ broom factory. Fred Bucksman, who pulled the bodies from the burning building, received Severe burns and may die. Assistant Fire Chief Jacob Westerweller was Shocked by a live wire.

FIRE PERILS OPERATORS

Girls Rescued in Blaze at the South Bend Exchange. Sorth Bend, Ind., Jan. 19—Fire in the new $50,000 Bell Telephone exchar'< for a time threatened thq entire ’ riiding. a number of operators and o men were removed from the thir ■ floor by the firemen. The loss is al o. t $2,000, resulting mostly from wafri. T’ Are is believed to have started amm wire coils and cyecsoted cross arm: ored in the basement.

wo Bitten by Rabid Dog. ,Sh< ” yville, Ind., Jan. 19. James Ash d Lon Karger, near Morristown, were ciously attacked by a dbg they were rying to kill under the belief that it was suffering from rabies. Both were 1 itten, the former in the hands and the latter on the arm, but they succeeded in killing the dog and its head will be sent to the state board of health.

State Threatens Coal Roads.

Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 19.—The Indiana railway conimission has warned railroads that unless the cjoal blockade is lifted receivership proceedings against the railroad companies will be instituted. Mines are working only half time because of the failure to handle traffic.

Sets Date for Dedication.

Portland, Ind., Jan. 19.—Sunday, Feb. 18, has been fixed for the dedicatlbn of the new house of worship of the West Walnut Street Church of Christ, now practically completed, at ihe corner of Walnut and Commerce fleets.

'irmful of old papers for a at the Democrat office.

MISS MARY F. HADRICH

Recently Named Private Secretary to Michigan Governor.

MORE TRUST INQUIRIES

Government to Look after Three Alleged Octopi. Atlantic Pool, International Harvester Company arid Money Trust Are Meant. • - - Washington, Jan. 19.—Late developments in the house committee on rules foreshadow congressional inquiries into three great commercial interests •—the foreign shipping combine, better known as the “Atlantic pool,’’ the International Harvester Company, and an organized entity that has come to be referred to as the money trust. It became known that President Taft approves, or at least does not disapprove, the proposed investigation into the activities of the foreign shipping combine which, according th Rep-’ resentative Humphrey of Washington, a Violates the Sherman act- and the railroad rate law and imposes restrictions on American commerce and tends to the restraint of trade. The president’s attitude toward the shipping combine was disclosed before the committee on rules. For all practical purposes the triangular plan to bring the shipping trust, the Harvester company and the money trust within the scope of one inquiry has been abandoned. Present indications are that the shipping combine and the Harvester company will be treated as indicated and a resolution passed authorizing a special inquiry into the activities of the various banks and corporations that comprise what is known as the money trust.

SEARCH FOR INDIAN HEIRESS

Kansas City Man Wedded Squaw, and Daughter to Receive $160,000. Kar.sas City, Mo., Jan. 19. Attorneys for Henry Ci Simpson, who died in this city three weeks ago, instituted search for an “Indian maiden" somewhere “in the southwest,” wno is heiress to $160,000 of the Simpson fortune. It was not known that Simpson vfas wealthy until after his death. Hls estate amounted to $322,000 and was left in the hands of his son, Henry, as executor. After the death of his first more than twenty-five years ago, the elder Simpson is said to have married an Indian. It is for'a daughter of this .marriage that the son seeks, with the purpose of dividing tjhe estate with his half-sister.

HEYBURN ATTACKS GOMPERS

Says No Communication Should Be Received from Him by Senate. Washington, Jan. 19.—A sharp attack on President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor was made in the senate by Mr. Heyburn of Idaho, who pretested that a com-i .munication from Mr. Gompers should not be received by the, senate. He said that no communication shoqld be accepted from that source after the revelations made in the McNamara case. Mr. Heyburn had a colloquy with several senators, who insisted that any citizen had a right to fiddress a communication to the sen-, ate. -

Black Hand Threatens Banker.

Larned, Kan., Jan. 19.—F. D. Lowrey, president of the First State Bank of Larned, received a “black hand” letter. demanding that he take $2,000 in gold to his residence and keep it there until called for by the writer c! the letter. The threat was made to blow up the banker’s fine residence should he fail to comply. -•

St. Louis Committee Lauds Roosevelt.

St. Louis, Jan., 19.—The’ Republican ci(y committee of St Louis adopteda highly laudatory resolution indorsing Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for the candidacy for the presidency in <912.

MINE WORKERS RE-ELECT WHITE

Edwin Perry Is Chosen Secre* tary-Treasurer. SOCIALISM IS TURNED DOWN Berger’* Bill for Old Age Pension* Is Endorsed, ; and Author Is Invited ito Address Convention. Indianapolis, Jan. 19.—A resolution to endorse the Socialist party as the party of the workingmen was voted down in the convention of the United Mine Workers of America, in session here, and the attempt of the socialistic element in the organization to capture the convention came to naught. The movement for the secession of the organization from the; American Federation of Labor also was voted down, but the convention adopted a resolution declaring in favor of the industrial form of organization to take the place of organization by crafts. The convention also indorsed the bill introduced in congress by Congressman Victor L. Berger, the Socialist member from Milwaukee, providing for government pensions for men and women who have reached the age of sixty years, and invited Congressman Merger to come here and address the convention. The vote on the question of indorsing the Socialist party was a defeat for the Socialist movement in the convention. It stood 515 to 155 in favor of adopting the resolutions committee’s substitute for the resolution Of indorsement. The report of the tellers was submitted and John P. White was shown to have been elected president by a majority of 45,424. Lewis received 58,591 and White 104,015 votes. Frank J, Hayes was elected vice president and Edwin Perry secretary treasurer.

PERSIAN CITY CAPTURED

Russians Occupy Meshed with Two Thousand Troops. • , • : —t v * Teh eflan, Persia, Jan. 19.—Two thousand Russian troops have occupied Meshed, a wailed city of northeastern Persia and capital of the province of Khorassan. The reason for the occupation of this city of 60,000 inhabitants is unknown.

Butter Men Before Grand Jury.

Toledo, 0., Jan. 19. —Prosecutor Holland C. Webster caused several but* ter dealers to appear before the grand jury to ascertain if there was a tacit understanding between the local wholesalers in butter and the Elgin board which may warrant action under a law prohibiting formation of pools in restraint of trade.

FORECAST OF THE WEATHER

Indiana and Illinois —Fair and colder today; fair with rising tempera* ture tomorrow. Wisconsin Fair today; fair, with rising temperature tomorrow; moderate westerly w’nds.

MARKET QUOTATIONS .

Chicago Cash Grain Quotation’s. Chicago, Jan.. 18. Wheat—No, 2 red, 97@98c;1 No. 3 red, 95@96c; No. 2 hard winter, 99c@ $1.04; No. 3 hard winter, [email protected]; No 1 northern spring, sl,oß© 1.10; No. 2 northern spring, [email protected]; No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn—No. 3, 62% @63M>c; No. 3 white, 63%@64%c; No. 3, yellow, 62%@63%c. Oats —No. 2, 49%c; No. 2 white, 50%@51c; No. 3 white, 50@50 l Ac; standard, 50%@ 50%c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 34,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice heavy, [email protected] choice light, $6.10(p'6'.’25 heavy packing, and [email protected] good to choice pigs. Cattle—Receipts 9,000. ■Quotations ranged at [email protected] prime steers, [email protected] choice to prime fed beef cows, [email protected] good to choice heifers, $5.30©6.00 selected feeders, $3.60 4.40 fair to good Stockers, $9.00(§) 9.75 good to choice veal calves. Sheep—Receipts 20,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice to prime native lambs, [email protected] good to choice yearlings, [email protected] good to choice wethers, [email protected] fair to good ewbs. Butter. Creamery, per lb., 40<b; prints, 42%c; extra firsts, 36c; firsts, 33c; dairies, extra, 34c; firsts, 31jc; packing stock’ 23c. : Live Poultry. Turkeys, per Ib„ 13c; chickens, fowls, 13%c; roosters, 816 c; springs, 12c; ducks, 15c; geese, 11c. Potatoes. Wisconsin, per bu„ igan, [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y„ Jan. 18. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y. quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 5 bars; market slow. Hogs—Receints 40 cars; market lower; heavy, $6735@ 6 40; Yorkers, '[email protected]; pigj, $6.40. Sheep—Receipts 50 cars; marketelow; top lambs, [email protected]/'yearlings, $5.50 @6.00; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]. Calves, $5.00@ 10.50.

Fine Silver-Plated Orange Spoons and Teaspoons Given away Absolutely Free to purchasers of Starr’s Best Coffee, the very best Coffee on the market, and at the lowest price, quality considered. Come and see. X. C. C. STARR & CO.

SIMPLY ENFORCE LAW

EFFECTIVE METHOD OF DEALING WITH TRUST PROBLEM. “Passing of Competition," of Which So Much Has Been Made, Exists Chiefly in the Imagination of Those Who Wish It. I - eminent gentlemen have recently assured us that the days of competition have forever gone by. Judge Gary would recognize that supposed fact, and entrust to the government the great task of seeing that there is fair play. Mr. Carnegie takes much the same view. Mr. Perkins advocates a “business court” which shall tell Big Business what it may and may not do. Mr. William Allen White is greatly impressed with the “economies of production” that follow the passing of competition. And,only the other day the Contributing Editor rebuked those who “believe that it is possible by strengthening the antitrust law to restore business to the competitive conditions of the middle of the last century,” and declared that “any such effort is foredoomed to failure, and if successful would be mischievous to the last degree.” All of which is pure assumption, and assumption that has little to rest on. The world has known monopolies before, monopolies of a peculiarly complete and odious character. We are not the first people that has had to deal with the trust problem. No doubt there were men back in the Elizabethan days whq were convinced that “competitive conditions” could never be restored. But they were restored, , and have pretty generally prevailed in England to this day. There was not much conjpetition under the old regime in France, society being little more than a combination of nobles and church dignitaries to rob the people through restraints imposed on trade. But those restraints' were swept away. What warrant have Mr. Rooseyelt and the rest for thinking that today’s attempts to restore , competition are “foredoomed to failure”? But there is the further suggestion that they can not be restored through the enforcement of the anti-trust law. The New York World calls attention to the fact that the recent reduction of cable tolls by the Western Union Telegraph company was promptly met by the Commercial Cable company, which Intimates that “the specter at Washington is responsible” for the Western Union’s action. So here we have a plain case of competition, competition due to the attitude of the adminlstra-: tlon as to law enforcement. The “specter at Washington” Is evidently the Sherman law as it is being enforced by President Taft. There seems to be a mistake Is it not possible that the error is on the part of ttibse wise men who would substy,ute for competition the tender care of a government that might —we do not say that would —license and sanction such restraints on competition as that which resulted from the absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company by the steel trust? The World says: “Judge Gary is still pleading for a Little Father. • * Not that a good trust like the steel trust would harm a single hair of a rival’s head or knowingly commit any conceivable wrong, but human flesh is weak and government is all-wise and always beneficent. There used to be captains of industry when the steel trust was formed.. 'Now they are begging to be sutlers. They want a Red Cross nurse in a government uniform to take command. They must be saved from thertiselves. They must have some one who will lead them not Into evil; but deliver them from temptation.” In other words, the demand is for protection and insurance against competition.—lndianapolis News. ‘

Wanted: A Budget Committee.

Chairriian Underwood of the ways and means committee insists stoutly that congress must adhere to the program of economy. Congress will never economize until all the appropriation bills shall again be restored to the jurisdiction of a single committee, and It would be better yet to give them and bills for revenue to one committee. A budget committee is the only remedy for prodigal expenditures, and ■Mr. Underwood would do a statesmanlike and an heroic work if he wouln undertake to bring tills about.

Accounting for It.

“I have been here half Ja. dozen times to see you and jo-day is,the first day I have succeeded in fipding yon in.” . “Yes, I lost my rabbit foot thist morning.” ' ; ■ ■

AGAINST A MERCHANT MARINE

Recent Action Must Show the Country the Extent of Dictatorship * of Wall Street. Few things have so opened the eyes of the country to the extent of the grip of the Wall street dictatorship on credit and Industry in the United States as the story of how this centralized money power has refused to permit the organization of a $15,000,000 American steamship company or allow an independent American mercantile marine to be built in American shipbuilding yards. The generalcomment of papers over the country is that nothing can so foster the growth of Socialism as this revelation of a capitalistic control to the extent that It can deny the people of the country the natural advantages of their $375,000,000 Investment in the Panama canal. The people have only vaguely grasped the idea that no railroad can be built except with the consent of a few men in Wall street. This new exhibition of the power of the dictatorship jars the nation'into a realization, at last, that-the great-problem is to curb this power, which is now seen to be great enough to' challenge the government itself by practically declaring that there shall be no mall carrying steamship company organized to operate between r American ports via the canal on the terms which the government itself specifies. These terms are that such a mall carrying steamship line and its directors, shall be absolutely Independent of the great trans-continental railway combination. Likewise does this power serve notice indirectly on the government that no mall carrying company so organized can get its ships built in American yards. And this Is the clique that has been demanding that the government at Washington tax the people of the country to pay it to build ships to give work to American laborers in these yards. This snips the whole ship subsidy propaganda of its last mask, and it is exposed not as a proposal for benefittlng the. ship builders and their workmen, and “to put the American flag on the seas again,” but as another plan, such as the tariff is, to turn national revenues into the treasury of Big Business

Great Problems Simplified.

The scheme of forbidding men to do business with each othe>- is absurd in the lighf of business growth under our wide American liberty. It is too European—too Russian. Everybody should be free to do business bis own way, with everybody who is willing to do business with him. Free to enter into all the combination he finds to his interest; taking the responsibility of answering in the courts for his trespass on the rights of others. , If you want to correct the evil of monopoly, reduce the tariff to a simple revenue tax and reduce the monopoly of a patent to a fair compensation to the actual inventor. —Lewiston (Me.) Sun. According to Judge Gary, the Steel Trust has been so much absorbed In its “moral responsibilities” that the (Wonder is it should find time to manufacture steel and iron for purely commercial purposes.

Germany Shows the Way.

Germany wearie*d of the sugar boun- | ties several years ago. She is now i wearying of the indirect bounties, paid on the export of grain.’ The ekport I certificates will be receivable for only i three months instead of six, and avail- ■ able for the payment of duties on imj ported grain alone instead of duties on some other commodities. It is one of the fallacies of the protective system that it is good business to maintain high prices at. home ,in order \|o ! be able to sell abroad at cut prices, j The home population is getting tired I of paying high prices in order that : foreigners may get the goods for low prices. A good many American voters need education on this point.

Against the Clayton Measure.

If the Democratic party-allows itself to be suspected of undue favor for bills like the Clayton measure it will lose far more than it can gain. The judiciary committee has sunk to a low estate in treating this matter from a biased and partisan point of view. House leaders can correct the harm that has been done only by refusing to accept responsibility for the action of the committee and declining to allow this bill to go further. —Exchange

Fortune’s Whims.

“Where did 1 you git de hand full o’ change?” asked Meandering Mike. f ■ It was forced on me," answered Plodding Pete. “A lady up de road j sicked de dog on me. I had to steal I de pup an’ sell ’im in self-defense.”

[Under this head notices wifl be pub18he< ?. for l-c«nt-a-word for the flrsri ,on> . H-cent per word for each u ln8 ?I tl ? n - To Bave book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than 26 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two or more times, as the case may be for Where re P lle * ar e sent in The °?E at « care, postage will be charged ardlng “ UCh ®P l,es to the advefrFor Sale— A nice cutter.—R D THOMPSON. Cobs For Sale—-A big load of cobs delivered any place in the city for 50 cents.—PHONE 499. Wanted— Work on a farm with bouse to live in by married man MACK SHIELDS, Rensselaer’ Ind - • J 29 For Sale— White Wyandotte ckls Only have about 15 left, $1 each $5 for 6. ARTHUR Rensselaer, Ind., Phone Mt Avr’ 29-H. . •. •- y ’ Found— On the street' Saturday morning near the Catholic church a large new U. S. map. Owner can have same by calling at Democrat office and paying charges. For Sale— Good 4-foot wood at ’ $2.25 per cord on ground, % mile north and 2 miles west of Surrey. JOS. KOSTA, Fair Oaks, R-l, or phone Mt. Ayr exchange. ts Lost— Some days ago, between Rensselaer and Parr, a pair of spectacles. Finder please leave at The Democrat office. For Sale—My residence property, on the north side; will be sold at a bargain.—LEM HAMMERTON, Rensselaer, Ind. J 22 For Sale— Modern new 9-room house and 5 acres of ground located in the south part of the city.—Enquire of MRS. A. GrANGLOFF for further information. Wanted— Good men to sell the Rawleigh Remedies in Indiana territory. Some good first-class territory available. See or write me at once.—O. N. HILE, The Rawleigh Man, Rensselaer, Ind. i f 4 Farms For Sale— l have a number of farms for sale in different parte of this county and adjoining counties, and I have made up my mind to devote my time to thp business. Therefore if yqu have any farms or town property to sell or trade give me a chance and I will give you a square deal.—JOHN O’CONNOR, Ex-sheriff Jasper county, Knlman, For Rent*— The room now occupied by The Jasper County Democrat, which will be vacant about March 1. This room is now fitted up with two water motors, shafting, etc., which can be bought very cheaply of The Democrat, and one wanting a room with light power can step right into a room already equipped.—A. LEOPOLD. For Sale—Barred Rock Cockerels, the world’s greatest strain.— THOMAS E. REED, R-3, Remington, Ind., Phone 79-J. ts For Sale—White WyHndottes. I have 50 fine pure white cockerels several show birds. Come quick going fast. Prices very low —ARTHUR MAYHEW, Rensselaer?~lnd Phon* 29-H, Mt. Ayr. > ts For Sale— Mammoth pure bred Bronze turkeys, also pure bred Barred Plymouth Rock chickens— MCDONALD SISTERS, McCoysburg, tpd., R-|l, Legal Blanks—Warranty and quit claim deeds, real estate and chattel mortgages, cash and grain rent farm leases, city property leases, releases of mortgage and several other blanks can be purchased in any ™ a . n £. ity desired at THE DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Road tax receipt and order books are also kept in stock. ■ „ ' ts Farm Loans—Money to loan on ,7™ pr °P erty in a °y Bu ms up to SIO.OOO.—E. P. HONAN. flnl fhn f Without Delay nil Illi Wlthout Commission Uvl 111 V < Without Charges for H] Making or Recording Instruments. _ I W. H. PARKINSON. 'Glasses flitted by i ’ ™ x. • DR. A. G. C ATT Qptometrist 1 Office over Long’s Drug Store. Phone No. 232. .•■■•■•